diff --git a/internal/db/bundb/migrations/20230328105630_chore_refactoring.go b/internal/db/bundb/migrations/20230328203024_migration_fix.go
similarity index 97%
rename from internal/db/bundb/migrations/20230328105630_chore_refactoring.go
rename to internal/db/bundb/migrations/20230328203024_migration_fix.go
index 3bf9d59ef..4890255c6 100644
--- a/internal/db/bundb/migrations/20230328105630_chore_refactoring.go
+++ b/internal/db/bundb/migrations/20230328203024_migration_fix.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 func init() {
 	up := func(ctx context.Context, db *bun.DB) error {
-		// To update unique constraint on public key, we need to migrate accounts into a new table.
+		// To update not null constraint on public key, we need to migrate accounts into a new table.
 		// See section 7 here: https://www.sqlite.org/lang_altertable.html
 
 		return db.RunInTx(ctx, nil, func(ctx context.Context, tx bun.Tx) error {
diff --git a/internal/gtsmodel/account.go b/internal/gtsmodel/account.go
index 42e4f5ea6..2cf7dc9f7 100644
--- a/internal/gtsmodel/account.go
+++ b/internal/gtsmodel/account.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ type Account struct {
 	FeaturedCollectionURI   string           `validate:"required_without=Domain,omitempty,url" bun:",nullzero,unique"`                                               // URL for getting the featured collection list of this account
 	ActorType               string           `validate:"oneof=Application Group Organization Person Service" bun:",nullzero,notnull"`                                // What type of activitypub actor is this account?
 	PrivateKey              *rsa.PrivateKey  `validate:"required_without=Domain" bun:""`                                                                             // Privatekey for validating activitypub requests, will only be defined for local accounts
-	PublicKey               *rsa.PublicKey   `validate:"required" bun:",notnull,unique"`                                                                             // Publickey for encoding activitypub requests, will be defined for both local and remote accounts
+	PublicKey               *rsa.PublicKey   `validate:"required" bun:",notnull"`                                                                                    // Publickey for encoding activitypub requests, will be defined for both local and remote accounts
 	PublicKeyURI            string           `validate:"required,url" bun:",nullzero,notnull,unique"`                                                                // Web-reachable location of this account's public key
 	SensitizedAt            time.Time        `validate:"-" bun:"type:timestamptz,nullzero"`                                                                          // When was this account set to have all its media shown as sensitive?
 	SilencedAt              time.Time        `validate:"-" bun:"type:timestamptz,nullzero"`                                                                          // When was this account silenced (eg., statuses only visible to followers, not public)?